Just 48 hours after OpenAI announced the sudden firing of its former CEO, Sam Altman, The businessman has signed with Microsoft. It was his own Satya Nadella, Chairman of the board of Microsoft, who announced in a publication on his X profile that both Altman as Greg Brockman, former CEO of OpenAI, who was also fired last Fridaythey will join a new research team for advanced artificial intelligence (AI)..
«Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will join their colleagues at Microsoft lead a new advanced AI research team“Nadella confirmed and expressed that “We hope to act quickly to provide you with the resources necessary for your success.«.
Regarding OpenAI, Microsoft’s top executive explained: “We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and we are confident in our product roadmap and our ability to continue to innovate and support our customers and partners.«. «We look forward to meeting and working with Emmett Shear and the new OAI leadership team.“, Has underlined.
OpenAI fired Sam Altman for “Loss of trust«. In a statement, the company noted that “was not consistently honest in his communication with the board, which prevented him from fulfilling his responsibilities«. «The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue to lead OpenAI“, he concluded. “OpenAI was intentionally structured to advance our mission: to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Board remains fully committed to fulfilling this mission. We are grateful to Sam for his many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we are convinced that new leadership is necessary as we move forwardhe claimed. Initially, the company decided to award the position to Mira Muratihis former chief technology officer, butShe ultimately left the position vacant after she decided to join Altman.
In the course of further development of The Information, the board of OpenAI itself decided to do so Emmett Shear, former CEO and co-founder of Twitch, as interim CEO. Therefore, Shear takes over after the board refuses to allow Altman’s return, claiming his departure is crucial to achieving the goal of achieving artificial intelligence.widely beneficial«. Shear would become OpenAI’s second interim CEO in just three days.